Lori Luke
General Manager/CFNZ Trustee
Acorn Foundation
With the end of the fiscal year right around the corner, many people like to consider their giving plans.
At this time of year we remind generous locals that a donation to the community before 31 March will be eligible for a 33.3% tax credit.
There are now two ways to file for a tax credit when you make a one-off gift or engage in regular giving through an A/P with your local community foundation before 31 March.
Hint: If you have missed filing tax credit forms for donations made in past years, the IRD will let you go back up to four years, for tax years 2016 through 2019.
Here in the Western Bay of Plenty, most of our 350 endowment funds are held by people who are still alive. More and more, our incredibly committed donors are starting to build their funds during their lifetimes. So many of them receive tremendous satisfaction by seeing the benefit of their contributions at work in our community.
Our donors support our local community in all sorts of ways, from:
In the end, people give to the causes that they value most; the 33.3% tax credit provides a really nice incentive to act before 31 March.
It's a smart way to make your giving go further.
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2020
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